Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 28th 2016) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 29 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

They ruminate about ex-PM not reaching a conclusion (6)
Bemoan period of doing without cakes before noon (6)
Magridal Bizet's penned in city by the Tarn (4)
Longed to receive team's kit with lined motif (10)
Exactly what the bare-bosomed have rejected (4,2)
Perish, then arise miraculously in this hymn? (4,4)
Head of municipality to pull in favours for thriving areas (4,5)
See 16
It's easy to rouse Irish port, according to Spooner (8)
Bacterium gets bought, we're told, or gametes (4,5)
Sacrifice no time in playing Bach motet (8)
Symbol of peasant's morbid and empty life (6)
Tenor disheartened in melody fit to be forte (6,4)
Stern king with sensitivity for music (4)
They collect scraps of some early jazz pieces (6)
Tinker half-heartedly with perfumery's ultimate potpourri (6)
Seductress's lacy pants with edging of pearls round (7)
Son tucked into goose; he sought seconds (5)
The French show attack on Turks (7)
Patriotic work, extremely American, but not US? (6)
Strike off priest I meant to reform (9)
Fixture to support curtain feature (3-4)
See 14
Fuss over Madonna, due back on a stage to be choreographed (4,1,4,3,5,5)
Composer's moving tear, captivated by French horn (7)
Speechless about group's bagpipe (7)
What may soothe infant with head dropping (7)
Hum and turn round — that is rhythmic music (6)
Motor lubricant but not one for a girl (5)